History of the Canoe

Running head : History of the canoes

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Introduction

The activity of paddling is usually referred to as canoeing . Over the years , the activity has basically been used for recreation transportation and sporting . In virtually all cases , the canoes are propelled by paddling using human power . They are usually propelled using either one or two blades . The canoer or canoeist has to kneel thwart or sit with their legs beneath them and their knees bent while paddling so as to propel it (Sanjuan , 2009

p History of the canoes

The development of canoes started more than a thousand years ago . Canoes were made for the first time by the North American native people . The word canoe finds its roots from the word `kenu , which basically means dugout . There is also another story that tries to explain the origin of the word canoe the story suggests that it originated from the word canoa . This word is believed to have originated from Caribbean islands native people who were known as the Arawaks . The word was then passed to the Europeans by Columbus . However there is a counter argument of this story as some historians believe that the word canoa existed in Europe several years among the Portuguese who used it to refer to the feeding trough (Sanjuan , 2009

The canoes had for several years been used by the Red Indians who inhabited North America as a very essential component in their lives The Red Indians used canoes for hunting , war...